An: another chapter done as all three characters ponder about there lives
My name is Jade Scarlet Ember Halva. Through out my life I've been many things, a thief, an assassin, a princess, a hero to some a menace to society to others. By the time I was sixteen I had stolen over 1 billion dollars either in items or money, I had killed over 35 people, found I was a heir to a throne, caused over 30 million dollars in damage, and I helped run a gang… one which that had been disbanded for over two years. I've died but then I came back to life, I've fallen in love, had my heart broken time and time again. I mastered over 40 different types of martial arts in less than 3 years. People have called me a genius; a prodigy but I don't pay attention to them. The life of a genius is a lonely one. I've battled for my life more times than I care to count, and I lost the people I care about in the process. I've put my body through so much; breaking nearly every bone in my body at least once, and I've lost so much blood over the years. Oh and who could forget I beat a conduit by the time I was seventeen. I don't know where I get the power, why I can easily break the barriers that normal people have so they don't get to strong. Why is it that every time I feel threatened my powers skyrocket, I needed the power once… and it became part of me… but does it define who I am? When I met people and they sensed roughly just how strong I was, they never saw past the power, they got scared. At a time I was scared of the power that I held, afraid that it would corrupt me. It did. Ot warned me and I listened, but that didn't stop the power from corrupting me. It didn't corrupt my soul completely; however, when I beat the conduit my soul was literally split in half. I chose the half that would be the dominant side the side that wasn't corrupted. That other side is true evil; I can see it whenever I look my self in the mirror. Now it's forcing me to question my actions, the side that I chose to be on. It's forcing me to look at both sides at the line. What it is showing me is that the line between good and evil has never been this unclear. It makes me wonder if I have been on the right side Lilith has a reason a good reason… but by helping her chaos will ensue. The source… I… just don't know anymore. This feeling of confusion is new to me, and I'm the one who is used to stepping on both sides of the line. I've gotten used to playing the hero but I've also played the villain before. Aly thinks of me as a hero and I admit I like playing the hero, but I like the part of the villain more…
All I ever wanted was for Jade to acknowledge me as her equal, but she never looked past the fact that my magic was weaker. And it probably didn't help that she had to rescue me time and time again. Did she believe that she was the only one with such a hard life, my mother never paid attention to me, and my dad was a freaking drunk. My older sister, Jade's half sister treated me as if I was there only to please her. I didn't have a close knit of friends like Jade did; I've never kissed a guy before. Actually I've never had a boyfriend. But still you'd think she'd acknowledge the fact that I existed more than just once. The one time she had acknowledged me was when she handed me the tear, but then joked about my power not being able to cause her squirm. In the end it was me who killed her, I had no other choice, even if we did free her from Lilith's grasp Jade would just get herself caught again. That's why, when Raphael approached me with the deal I didn't hesitate. And in the end it was all for nothing, it failed I lost half of my life for nothing. He promised me power to destroy the tear, and all I had to do was kill Jade. I destroyed the only hope that we had of beating Lilith. Another rookie move, god my life sucked. I was the weakling, I made the most mistakes, when I was supposed to fight Stormy my powers actually faded, which meant other people had to fight my battles and I was once again just the rookie that the veterans had to save again. I made a promise to Jade that I would match her even surpass her in something and I couldn't even do that. Well I did get a pixie before her so I guess I did beat her in something. With Jade I became this complete idiot, she is the greatest fighter in the universe, but she doesn't brag about it or anything I doubt she acknowledges it unless the time is right. With the Winx club I feel more relaxed they don't look down on me, like Jade does. With them I'm more secure, and I can talk and act like a normal person. I never got to keep my promise to Jade, I ruined any chance of getting Sky back, I have a strong nagging suspicion that my afterlife is going to be a personal hell. Way to go Alianne I just made my after life suck.
We lost our only chance to save Sky; even with Jade gone we might have had a fighting chance if Aly had still managed to stay alive. I could keep myself telling myself that but even I know it isn't true. We didn't even get passed the Trix to get to Lilith. We didn't even land a good attack they pretty much kicked our asses without even breaking a sweat. I hope that the others can last without me. The only good thing about this is I'll get to be with Sky, I'll finally meet my birth parents I guess. But what about my Earth parents I never got to say good-bye, and who will take care of Keiko. I wasn't ready to die our destiny hadn't been reached because I highly doubt that my destiny was to die at the hands of Lilith… or Icy. She had expected Icy to at least attempt to punish her, she always seemed to get out of those scrapes, she had learned not to show-off anymore and that's what had surprised them. With them no longer trying to embarrass them they left no room for error which is what they had always depended on there mistakes. Either way I don't think with Jade we'd win, Lilith just seemed too powerful. When Jade said she was worried I should have listened to her. I mean she was rarely worried about anything in life she'd take anything on headfirst, acting first, asking questions later. But she was truly worried about Lilith, I'd say scared but I don't think Jade was afraid to die. Aly… what the hell was she thinking facing down Lilith by herself, attempting to destroy the tear would take all three of them. Even then she should never had showed the tear like that to Lilith, now that she had it, it was the end of the universe. After all there battles with the Trix sisters this was there first real loss because we not only lost the battle we also the war.
"Jade, Aly, Bloom… I can't believe that there gone, and they were… Well Jade and Bloom were the strongest… Aly was medium, but still she was pretty strong…" Stella said in a panicky sorta way.
"We're all going to die, we're going to be picked of one by one and die," Ellie wailed.
"Please shut up," Dani said.
"Dani you don't look to good are you okay? That gash is horrible," Layla said pointing to the gash on Dani's head that Darcy had given to her. Dani gave her a small smile before collapsing into a heap.
"This isn't good she's exhausted she's never made a portal that big," Cobalt said, "Ivy maybe…" Cobalt stopped. Both her and her sisters had their hands full healing everyone else's wounds.
"You guy's got to save your magic, our battle has just begun," Tecna said taking charge, "It would be best to heal more life threatening wounds like Dani's."
Ivy didn't say anything but closed the wound, before groaning, and falling backwards, only to be caught by Koby.
"How did they beat so easily? I mean if they beat us it usually takes ten to fifteen minutes, this was like less than 7 minutes, and they killed Bloom, and Aly," Flora said.
Dani groaned as she opened her eyes, "They didn't show off this time, which means we can't afford to either, and even then even if we do get rid of them, we still have to deal with Jones, her mother and Achmed. Cobalt can take down Achmed, but the only people who could possibly beat Jones and her mother is Jade, Aly and Bloom and they're dead and of course they are the only people who could even put a mark on Lilith."
"So is there really a point in fighting?" Riven asked sitting down.
"There is always hope…" Flora offered.
"What hope, without trying she killed our only hope, and now she has the tear. We are dead, if we fight or if we don't fight, it's a lose-lose situation, so why do we have to fight?" Ellie asked.
"There's always hope…" Dani repeated lamely.
"I'm with Ellie on this one we are so dead, I'm only sixteen I'm to young to die," Jessie voice was filled with mixed emotions, mostly anger and panic.
Dani turned serious, "To die fighting is a better way to die then to die being a coward."
"Isn't there an option where we don't die?" Musa asked.
"Unfortunately no," Ivy replied with a frown, "Dani what about the… well you know…"
"That won't give me enough power, but it would help." Dani replied not really looking up, as she glanced at her arm.
"What are you talking about? Are you hiding something from us? We're supposed to be open with each other." Stella ranted.
Dani raised her arm, as the group glanced at the strange birthmark, "It's the symbol of my clan, it's a phoenix feather… I can invoke my powers if someone says the ritual…"
"Are you related to Jade… and wait a minute you didn't tell us?" Ellie seethed.
"Because it was on a need to know basis and you didn't need to know, and no I'm not related to Jade at all, my clan was supposed to be the guardians of the phoenix force, and hence the phoenix feathers."
"But shouldn't have the feather disappeared for awhile, Jade's gone and the phoenix force has disappeared…" Ivy said suddenly.
"She's right the ancient magic that binds us together should have unravelled…"
"And that means," Layla prompted.
Dani shrugged, "Anything really, the phoenix force chose a new host, something big is about to happen, Jade's going to rise from the dead, or maybe some god pities us."
"Before you say any ritual wouldn't it be logical to have some sort of plan, we need to get the tear from Lilith." Tecna put in.
"Makoto could steal it," Crystal offered.
"He sucks at thieving," Dani pointed out.
"Jade…" Makoto began.
"Is dead, we can mourn later now it's time for us to fight," Riven interrupted him.
"The triplets," Cobalt said suddenly, "They stole stuff from Jade… and everyone else… with ease."
"I'm not sending my sisters to steal from the ultimate evil," Ivy pointed out.
"We'll do it," the triplets said in union.
"End of discussion," Dani interrupted before Ivy could argue with them.
"But then we would need to get the tear far away from Lilith, possibly in a different realm," Tecna pointed out.
"Maybe there's a spell that we could use to send it to a place where Lilith couldn't get to it," Flora said.
The group was silent, "Where wouldn't she be able to get it?" Musa asked.
She had been here before… when she had met alter her… or Ot either one worked… did that mean she was still alive? Jade opened her eyes only to be surrounded by blinding light. Blinking Jade sat up, "OH MY GOD I MADE IT TO FREAKIN' HEAVEN."
"Finally you're awake and no we aren't in heaven," Bloom said from where she was standing.
"So where are we then?" Jade said pushing herself to her feet.
"What's that tattoo mean?" Bloom asked suddenly pointing to Jade's shoulder, Jade looked down and cursed and attempted to put up the illusion spell that she usually had around her arm only to find she couldn't use her powers.
"My powers, they're gone…" She said in surprise, before giving up. "The tattoo was the mark of the Renegades, only the top four had them… but now that we're all dead I don't really need it,"
"We aren't dead," Bloom said looking at her.
"What do you mean we aren't dead this place is heaven isn't it."
"If this is heaven then what are you doing here?" Bloom asked a smirk on her face.
"Hey… yeah I guess you're right," Jade replied, a smile on her face. "Either way we're dead or I'm just having a horrible nightmare."
"Yep, Jem died, Lilith ripped Aly apart, and Icy well she finally put me on ice."
Jade groaned at the pun, "So where is Aly?" Bloom shrugged.
"I'm right here," Aly said from a doorway.
"Fine we're all here but now what?" Jade asked no one in particular.
"You prepare for the fight against Lilith," A deep voice said as the girls all wheeled around.
"So is the plan set, the guys will take on the vampire, Ivy and Flora will double team Stormy, Musa and Layla go against Darcy, Stella and Tecna will face Icy. However we need more people, because some one will have to face Lilith so the triplets can nick the tear I volunteer myself for that, but that leaves Jones and her mother… and her sister… if we could get the starseeds… then maybe we'd have a fighting chance but even so we can't defeat Lilith… all we can do is wreck her plans… once that is done we run as fast and as far as we can because there is no doubt about Lilith will kill us," Dani said pacing.
"Wow way to damper the mood," Stella muttered dryly.
Dani ignored her, "We need the starseeds, so does anyone know how to contact them?"
"Jade does!" Ellie shouted.
"She's dead," Riven pointed out.
"Yes but we can summon an archangel," Jessie said sticking out her tongue at him.
"Sure you twerps can," Riven replied by rolling his eyes.
"Sure we can… HEY RALPHY GET YOUR ASS DOWN HERE!" Ellie screamed as the angel of Death appeared before them a slight frown on his face.
"What do you want, I'm very busy we have a universe to save," Raphael the Angel of Death said glaring at Ellie.
Dani snorted, "If you wanted to save the universe then why end the lives of the only people who could possibly put an end to this, you could have looked the other way."
Raphael black eyes focused on Dani causing her to shiver involuntarily, "They are not…" he shook his head and glanced away, "Never mind but I did not kill them, now about me being here why did you summon me you little brats remember I control the time of your death's and just how painful it can be."
Daria snorted, "No you don't you just hired help, you can't just kill us…"
Raphael eyes showed no emotion as he lowered himself until he was at eye level with Daria, "I've broken the rules before, you wouldn't be the first, somebody you know was supposed to die six years ago there hourglass has been empty for six long years and I still haven't ended there life, so don't piss me off," his voice was at a dangerous growl before he straightened, and for once the triplets honestly looked scared.
"Stop scaring them, we only have one more shot at this…" Ivy said coming to the defence of her sisters.
"The starseeds themselves don't want to get involved, now that Lilith has the tear they refuse to fight her. Anyway a few of them will help you, Nasia, King, Len, and Kara. They are the only ones… brave enough to fight Lilith." Raphael told Dani. "Now as I've mentioned before I am busy all because the universe is about to end doesn't mean that I can slack of, in other words don't ever summon me again," with those words he dematerialized. As five starseeds appeared in front of the group.
"He gave us teenagers… he has an army of starseeds and he sends us teenagers that don't even have their wings yet," Dani ranted looking at the sky.
Stella glanced at the starseeds and then looked at Tecna, "What are our chances of living through this?"
Tecna gave her a small smile, "A billion to 1."
"At least we'll die hero's," Timmy offered.
"Lot of good that'll do us the universe is about to end," Riven said.
"No it isn't," the starseed known as Len said suddenly.
"Lilith has the tear and she has a…" Dani grinned, "She needs Jade, the only thing she needs now was Jade," the smile fell from her face, "However there has always been a conduit or two no matter what the situation. Either way we have to get the tear away from Lilith… Nasia and Len will go after Jones, King and Kara will go against Jones mother, which leaves us one person short so Makoto will go against Jones sister this will probably be our only chance so we have to make the best and pray to any God that could possibly pity us for a miracle, a really big miracle."
"Should I say the ritual?" Ivy asked her.
Dani nodded, "This is our last chance even if we all die… let's make it count. Ivy…"
"The protector of the phoenix is now called upon once again to fight in the name of the phoenix. To protect the vessel, this ritual we invoke, Art of the Phoenix Reaper," Ivy finished the ritual as a blinding light of both red and gold appeared nearly blinding them all.
The light subsided, as the group looked at Dani who had her eyes, the change was pretty obvious, Dani's ears had become pointier, her raven coloured hair now had streaks of gold and red, her hands had grown claws, but as she opened her eyes they all saw that she had the legendary eyes of the phoenix. She opened her mouth and even her voice was different stronger, more dangerous sounding, "LETS MAKE LILITH PAY FOR HER CRIMES!"
"It just looks like you're randomly clicking buttons," Darcy pointed out from where she stood behind Lilith who was in a very intense game of minesweeper.
"Yes and there in lies the skill," Lilith replied before taking her eyes of the screen and looking outside, a look of annoyance crossed her face, as she stood up and drew out her hammer. "This time kill them all, don't toy with them just kill them. I don't want any third rate hero getting in the way when I go to resurrect Seth." Finally she could get the revenge she had sought for millennia's the source would pay for all its transgression's against her and her children. It was time to face a mother's wrath.
"You each have been given a gift to defeat the beast, however it is up to you to discover what that is," an old man which they soon identified as the Source told them.
"So we all get another chance, Sky can still be saved right?" Bloom asked.
"Of course he can the battle has yet to begin," the Source replied as his gaze shifted over each of them resting on Jade whose eyes shone with distrust and dislike.